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EAGLE: Take the Pulse of "the Next Billion"

NATHAN EAGLE – is the CEO of Jana, currently teaching at MIT and Harvard. He discussed the role of mobile data as a proxy indicator of socio-economic wellbeing – from mobile phone movement patterns to predict the spread of Malaria in Kenya to his research on social networks which identifies communication diversity as a key indicator of an economically healthy community. He introduced participants to JANA, and the capabilities of mobile phone surveys and global samples sizes using free airtime as a participation incentive in emerging economies.

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Question: What Would You Do with $15? “Buy a domain name for my website” “I’d give it “Buy perfume” to the needy” “Pay dowry” “I’d put it in the bank” “Give it to my mosque” “Pay my school fees” 12